State comparison · 2025
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors salary: California vs Massachusetts
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors in Massachusetts earn a median of $64,620. In California, $57,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 10.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.3%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $57,990
- p25
- $45,350
- p75
- $74,160
- p10
- $36,750
- p90
- $100,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Massachusetts
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Median
- $64,620
- p25
- $50,760
- p75
- $96,140
- p10
- $36,110
- p90
- $105,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.